Functionalization of Semiconductor Surfaces

Discover how an emerging field is leading to a new generation ofenhanced semiconductors

Written by international leaders in the field, this bookprovides a complete and current review of the latest findings,practical applications, and active research in the organicfunctionalization of semiconductor surfaces. Readers will discoverhow the characteristics and properties of various organicfunctional groups when combined with inorganic semiconductorsurfaces can lead to increasingly enhanced functional materials,including microchips and biosensors.

Functionalization of Semiconductor Surfaces addresses all theimportant research questions in the field, starting with the basicsand then advancing to more complex functionalization chemistry. Thetext begins with an introduction to the field and a discussion ofessential experimental methods. Next, it presents:

Detailed descriptions of the structures of the relevantsemiconductor surfaces

Reviews of surface functionalization with progressively morecomplex organic functionalities

Discussion of organic and biomaterial functionalization ofsemiconductor surfaces, including a chapter examining theoreticalstudies of these systems

Both dry (vacuum) functionalization and wet chemicalfunctionalization approaches

Clear illustrations of structures and mechanistic pathwaysenable readers to understand the underlying principles of organicfunctionalization of semiconductor surfaces and how theseprinciples work in practice. Extensive bibliographies at the end ofeach chapter serve as a gateway to the field′s growing body ofliterature.

This book is invaluable for chemists, engineers, and studentswho are involved in investigations of the surface chemistry ofsemiconductors and organic functionalization of semiconductorsurfaces. Moreover, the book sets the foundation for thedevelopment of the next generation of microelectronic computing,micro– and optoelectronic devices, microelectromechanical machines,three–dimensional memory chips, silicon–based nano sensors, andnano–patterned biomaterials.

Chapter 2. Surface Analytical Techniques
Ying Wei Cai and Steven L. Bernasek

Chapter 3. Structures of Semiconductor Surfaces and Origins ofSurface Reactivity with Organic Molecules
Yongquan Qu and Keli Han

Chapter 4. Pericyclic Reactions of Organic Molecules atSemiconductor Surfaces
Keith T. Wong and Stacey F. Bent

Chapter 5. Chemical Binding of Five–membered and Six–memberedAromatic Molecules
Franklin F. Tao and Steven L. Bernasek

Chapter 6. Influence of Functional Groups in SubstitutedAromatic Molecules on the Selection of Reaction Channel inSemiconductor Surface Functionalization
Andrew V. Teplyakov

Chapter 7. Covalent Binding of Polycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonSystems
Dr. Yong Kian Soon and Professor Xu Guo–Qin

Chapter 8.
Young Hwan Min, Hangil Lee, Do Hwan Kim, and Sehun Kim

Chapter 9. Ab initio molecular dynamics studies of conjugateddienes on semiconductor surfaces
Mark E. Tuckerman and Yanli Zhang

Chapter 10. Formation of Organic Nanostructures on SemiconductorSurfaces
Zakir Hossian and Maki Kawai

Chapter 11. Formation of Organic Monolayers through WetChemistry
Damien Aureau and Yves J. Chabal

Chapter 12. Chemical Stability of Organic Monolayers Formed inSolution
Leslie E. O Leary, Erik Johansson, and Nathan S.Lewis

Chapter 13. Immobilization of Biomolecules at SemiconductorInterfaces
Robert J. Hamers

Chapter 14. Perspective and Challenge
Franklin (Feng) Tao and Steven L. Bernasek

FRANKLIN (FENG) TAO, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Chemistry atthe University of Notre Dame. His research group is activelyinvolved in investigations of surface science, heterogeneouscatalysis for efficient energy conversion, nanomaterials, and insitu studies of catalysts. Dr. Tao is the author of about 70research articles and the recipient of the International Union ofPure and Applied Chemistry Prize for Young Chemists.

STEVEN L. BERNASEK, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry at PrincetonUniversity. His research focuses on chirality in self–assembledmonolayers, surface functionalization and modification,organometallic surface chemistry, and dynamics of gas–surfaceinteractions. Dr. Bernasek is the author of more than 200 researcharticles. He is also the recipient of several awards, including theACS Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in theAdvancement of Surface Chemistry.